From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 17 07:04:53 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AEBD106566C for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:04:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pitney.brad@googlemail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.188]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF2218FC17 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:04:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pitney.brad@googlemail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id g13so3443228rvb.43 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:04:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=u/eCaELvl0EdP1kH52pGkSkLyUpX0eXsXLYEB+G80KQ=; b=l08z//c4Z1kKyvuytGsGn60i0uSKZF6tw7N6fibs+BJRPNBTq64+XPPREkKWBRSCsxf5LCIThfI1Dyoi0Nmq6o7m8l1rifyFyPnaxTbG5QF+VrTVeDUaX6ZAbGFTyZg4/SBnW9XeUxh0F1OI4X6PxNCd1k+e0WW3/+d1U7GPo8w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=KC/bbFeC9UTkLXVQ6M1OiZGhAbaU9Id9/Bqv0mYfjw/ijiUTzRrrB0PfDNdTIdSgxYVSaCwCwMFJZQbdZkxJ2gVH/Jy1v0KP5mKkieaUiow1/yeG53bjcjwqLzw7veuMkkKKAjf88H8ik2Zb74Eh2II3nR2rn/vXNWK819I6K1s= Received: by 10.141.141.3 with SMTP id t3mr7292826rvn.226.1205735931984; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:38:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.141.41.8 with HTTP; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:38:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3dd203290803162338k3b277790kec608ccfc7e59082@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:38:51 +0000 From: "Brad Pitney" To: "peter stern" In-Reply-To: <20080316211253.M2398@jago.65north.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080316211253.M2398@jago.65north.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recovering from the 6.3 xorg mess X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:04:53 -0000 On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 5:29 AM, peter stern wrote: > I'd appreciate suggestions on how to get a working xorg from the mess 6.3 > shipped with. I've been using FreeBSD since 2.2 and have never had much > trouble with it until the 6 branch was released. My hardware is pretty > generic Intel brand D865 motherboard, matrox g550 video. I don't customize > the kernel. I do clean installs not upgrades. > have you tried without an xorg.conf? > The xorg in 6.3 doesn't install much in the way of required drivers. I got > the mouse and keyboard drivers installed and also the mga driver. I have > run xorgconfig to create what seems like a working xorg.conf. Startx > brings up twm but only in 640x480. I cannot change modes. And yes, I have > mode lines defined. If I put the correct horizontal and vertical scan > rates in for my Viewsonic PT810 monitor, I get a screen display with lines > precessing through it. xdm gives the same result. > > I have tried the other suggestions on configuring X in the FreeBSD > handbook, including creating a basic xorg.conf. It tests okay but only in > 640x480 and it has no modelines in the .conf. Adding modelines doesn't fix > the problem. > I suspect modelines won't help and there might be a bug in xf86-video-mga? > The initial install was done by sysinstall under the predefined > xdeveloper selection. I tried reinstalling xorg from ports by running make > deinstall and make reinstall but with no change in behavior. > what about installing just base then using an up-to-date ports? > My hardware has no problems running Slackware 12 or Openbsd 4.2. Under > those OSs, X11 works fine and configures without problems. > > What has happened to quality control in the FreeBSD release? is it really a FreeBSD issue? > > peter > -- Best regards, Brad